Building Better Writing Habit
To write more is to think more clearly. I have to build a better writing habit to think better. Anne-Laure Le Cunff has an article about how to do it. The experience came from her writing 100 articles in 100 work days in 2019, which is similar to what I am doing now, although my work can never be compared to hers obviously.
I seriously need to build this habit (along with other better habits) in order to fight my laziness and procrastination.
before you can build a better writing habit, you need to ask yourself how you want writing to contribute to your life. Do you want to write to clarify your thoughts, to connect with others, to support a business you care about?
I am trying to clarify my thoughts one post at a time, and I believe I have made myself clear through those posts.
While it is important to put good content out and into the world, you can only improve through the process of creating.
Therefore, I have to write more to be better at writing. Content won't be good at first, but they improve (through the process of creating).
To build a better writing habit, I should:
- Commit to a schedule. Write X articles in X time. Force myself actually do some writing.
- Tell few people.
- Make time to write.
Now I have a schedule of writing 100 posts in 100 days. A few friends know about it, Bear Blog Discover sees it. I write whenver I am free to, in any device, from anywhere.
Anne-Laure says about the writing habit loop:
- Whenever idea pops up, write down
- sit down and set a timer
- choose an idea and write an outline
- write
- extra search if needed
- reread only once to prevent from making it perfect
- publish and share
I have done most of it in the past 35 days, except setting a timer and writing an outline. I don't need a timer to get my work done, or an outline to help. But an outline would help write better.
I hold this loop for one third of this journal now. Hope I can do better in the rest of 100 days.
Day 36.